Infrastructure
Investor
Network
Investor Forum
11 - 12 September 2024,
St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London
Building a decarbonised, digitalised, sustainable future
Join the Infrastructure Investor Network at the Renaissance Hotel St. Pancras in London on 11-12 September to gain exclusive insights into where the best opportunities lie within the asset class.
Connect with 300+ of infrastructure’s most influential leaders for two days of unmatched networking opportunities and knowledge sharing. Secure your next commitment and advance your fundraising by joining 150+ institutional and private investors.
Diversify your portfolio and safeguard your investments by gaining exclusive, unlisted insights into where the best opportunities lie within the asset class.
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Secure your next commitment
With a 1:1 investor manager ratio, the Investor Forum is your best chance at connecting with 150+ of the world’s leading private and institutional investors and securing your next commitment.
Prepare for the unknown
In a year where more than half of the world’s population is voting in elections, hear from industry leaders and policymakers on how private infrastructure investment will fare in Europe and beyond.
Shape the future of infrastructure
Be part of an attendance of 300+ global infrastructure leaders, including investors, allocators, fund managers, consultants, law firms and advisors and help shape the future of the asset class.
This year's key themes:
– How have recent mergers and acquisitions changed the private infrastructure investment landscape?
– Pushing the boundaries – where next for the ever-accelerating energy transition?
– The rise and rise of infrastructure secondaries
– Investor appetite returns – bouncing back strongly from a tentative 2023
– AI, connectivity and technological innovation in an increasingly digitalised world
– Investor perspectives on deglobalisation, geopolitics and macroeconomic events shaping the infrastructure universe
Are you an institutional or private investor?
Then you may be eligible for a complimentary pass. A limited number of passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional and private investors to join the event.
Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.
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Members have year-round access to a directory of investors, frequent meetings with industry leaders and so much more.
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2023 Advisory Board
If you are interested in speaking at the Investor Forum, please get in touch with James Hatwell at james.hatwell@pei.group.
Speakers include:
If you are interested in speaking at the Forum, please contact James Hatwell at james.hatwell@pei.group.
Agenda
Investor Forum 2024 - Wednesday 11th
Registration opens & Women’s Circle Infrastructure Networking Breakfast
Welcome from Infrastructure Investor
James Hatwell, Associate Director, PEI Group
Introduction from the chair
Opening keynote panel: How infrastructure can provide relative value amidst global uncertainty
- Where are investors finding value across the infrastructure spectrum against a backdrop of geopolitical and macroeconomic volatility?
- Deglobalisation (e.g. Europe’s green deal and pullback from China), digitalisation and decarbonisation – how are these key macro trends shaping investment decisions and allocations?
- Assessing infrastructure equity and debts’ respective roles in the current climate
- How are investors tackling portfolio diversification in the quest for relative value?
Panel: Maintaining momentum in a sustainable and just transition
- Is the sector experiencing any fatigue or anti-sustanability sentiment in the face of a challenging macro environment? If so, how are investors overcoming this?
- Europe’s changing energy system – what role are investors, policymakers and others having in it’s next steps of development? How does this compare across the globe?
- Balancing portfolios – how investors can find the right balance of exposure across the energy spectrum whilst adhering to ESG goals
Keynote fireside chat: A year in review – market movements, M&A and more
- How have high profile mergers and acquisitions helped shake up the private infrastructure fund market?
- What’s on the table? How the offering for institutional and private investors has evolved in terms of fund size, strategy, specification and access
- Capital raising and asset performance – how are these two key factors shaping up in 2024 so far?
Morning networking & coffee break
Anticipating a rise in transportation asset investment
- Why understanding key trends in population behaviour and mobility is vital to grasping investment opportunities in this sector
- How are investors servicing the need for transformation in transportation infrastructure across the globe?
- Electric vehicles, sustainable aviation fuel and more: financing the green transport revolution
Panel: How are infrastructure funds creating value at the asset level?
- Analysing the value creation methods and practices being carried out in the market across different assets
- Why proactive, effective asset management is even more vital amidst current market volatility
- In it for the long-term: downside protection and value creation across the asset lifecycle
Keynote presentation: Election year for half the world’s population
This session will address how elections in 2024, including in the UK and US, will play their role in shaping private infrastructure investment policy across the globe.
Lunch
Panel: Documenting the rise and rise of infrastructure secondaries
- Why are investors choosing infrastructure secondaries in response to challenging market dynamics?
- How can long-term strategizing help set managers apart and define the infrastructure secondaries landscape?
- What further development is needed for the secondaries market to mature and grow?
Panel: Strategy & size considerations in an ever-changing private infrastructure market
- In a market headlined by mega-funds, where can investors find value at the other end?
- Considerations when it comes to asset specificity
- Assessing the performance of different fund strategies and sizes currently in market
Panel: Digital infrastructure in the crosshairs
- Has digital infrastructure cemented itself as a core part of an investors’ private market portfolio?
- Amidst well-documented challenges in the fibre market, do data centres represent the best investment opportunity in digital infrastructure currently?
- Challenges in the sector: energy consumption and sustainability; AI demand; macroeconomic volatility & more – how are funds turning these into opportunities?
Afternoon networking & coffee break
Fireside chat: AI, technological innovation and adaptation in the built environment
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- How are infrastructure funds utilising technology at the asset level?
- Assessing the continuing impact of artificial intelligence on infrastructure
- Examples within energy transition, transportation, the circular economy and more
Champagne roundtables
Grab a drink and join your peers for the end-of-day champagne roundtables. In these informal, off-the-record discussions, you’ll have the opportunity to choose and discuss the topic most pertinent to you. All tables will be facilitated by an industry leader:
1) DE&I strategy considerations
2) Natural capital and biodiversity – the next wave of sustainable infrastructure?
3) Growth/emerging market evolution
4) AI application in infrastructure investing
Chair’s closing remarks – day 1
End of day 1 and networking drinks reception
Join us for our end of day networking drinks reception with complimentary canapes and beverages
Agenda
Investor Forum 2024 - Thursday 12th
Registration opens & invite-only LP breakfast
Chair’s welcome back
Anish Butani, Senior Director, Infrastructure, bfinance
Presentation: to be confirmed
Panel: Climate strategy evolution for infrastructure investors
- How are climate investment/fund strategies developing for infrastructure fund managers?
- Adaptation and resilience – building vital infrastructure to move with a changing climate
- What climate action & incentives can be expected policy-wise with upcoming vital elections?
Asset performance –a return to the norm for infrastructure investors?
- Returning to core characteristics or a cause for concern? How performance is having an impact on valuations of infrastructure assets
- How are managers alleviating concerns around performance?
- Which assets are continuing to perform well, and why?
Morning networking & coffee break
Fireside chat: Floating offshore wind development
Content to be confirmed
Polling debate: Breaking down the boundaries of the energy transition
In a rapidly evolving sector, what developments and innovations are breaking the mould? In this interactive debate, you’ll get a chance to vote for your winner once you’ve heard from four expert speakers on assets that are driving the next stage of the energy transition, including:
- Offshore/floating wind
- Energy islands
- Floating solar/PV
- Carbon capture
Infrastructure Investor: Investment Committee
Two hand-picked fund managers will present investment case studies in this exclusive, data-driven and interactive format. Hosted by two experts, you’ll have the chance to ask questions, share your thoughts and vote on the transactions in our very own investment committee.
Lunch
Panel: Infrastructure debt and project financing – a growing role in investor portfolios?
- Have favourable lending conditions been reflected in investor appetite for infrastructure debt?
- How can investors find relative value through financing in a dislocated global market?
- What strategies are proving most appealing across the debt spectrum?
Panel: Keeping the lights on – are we doing enough when it comes to power generation and transmission?
- How has deglobalisation and geopolitics destabilised the course of global power supply? How have private infrastructure investors responded to this?
- Are deployment rates doing enough to keep up with the ever-growing demand for electricity and power?
- Can renewables satisfy the demand for generation? If not, how can infrastructure investors responsibly invest in alternatives?
Closing fireside chat: Regulated assets and the role of public-private partnerships – addressing a failing model?
End of conference
The Investor Forum was held at the The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, a luxury hotel in the heart of Knightsbridge, London.
Agenda
Investor Forum 2022 - Tuesday 13th
Registration
Introduction from Infrastructure Investor
Welcome from the chair
Assessing options for policymakers amid ongoing volatility
· What do events like Ukraine, covid and interest rate rises mean for the market now?
· Making sense of over two years of restrictions, risk and opportunity
· What would it take for people to stop investing in infrastructure?
Moderator: Minesh Mashru, Global Head of Infrastructure, Cambridge Associates
Danae Kyriakopoulou
Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
Read bioThe infrastructure landscape today
- Assessing the biggest infrastructure needs in 2022
- Anticipating the future investment impact of a cost-of-living and energy price crisis
- Does infrastructure still protect investors against inflation?
Moderator: Kalliope Gourntis, Deputy Editor, Infrastructure Investor
Yuriko Watanabe
Director, Infrastructure Investment/Private Equity Investment Department, Japan Post Bank
Read bioCoffee & networking
The growing importance of energy security
- Dissecting the energy trilemma – energy efficiency, environmental impact, and affordability
- The role of hydrogen to empower the energy transition
- How the global energy mix needs to change to meet growing demand, and how this can be done sustainably
Moderator: Irina Frolova, Independent non-executive director & former Head of Infrastructure, PGGM
Gabriel de Lastours
Regional Head, Energy MENA - European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
Read bioThe geopolitical implications of the energy transition
- How global independence from its largest energy source will spur a shift to renewables
- How will an energy transition to ‘rewire Europe’ look?
- Finding a role for transition technologies and traditional sources of energy
Moderator: Lawrence Slade, Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA)
Networking lunch
The growth of sustainable investment
- Comparing best practice of impact investment in the UK vs the rest of the world
- The implications of COP26 on pension pools and other investor types
- ESG data and reporting – how it differs region to region
Moderator: Joss Blamire, Director, Infrastructure, GRESB
Defining infrastructure investment in 2022
- Definition creep- drawing the line on what’s infrastructure and what’s leisure, healthcare and real estate
- Blurring the boundaries: Where does the market go next?
- Global investor and manager perspectives on where to seek returns
Moderator: Anish Butani, Senior Director, bfinance
Coffee & networking
Investor views on the evolving global infrastructure market
- Big funds, big fees and declining investor influence? How to readdress the balance of power
- What will the manager relationships of the future look like?
- Decarbonisation- measuring carbon intensity within infrastructure and across the broader portfolio
Moderator: Eugene Zhuchenko, Director & Founder, ETORE Advisory
Takako Koizumi
Executive Director, Head of Investment Management Department, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments
Read bioDigital and smart infrastructure- the new core or just overhyped?
- Getting frothy: Is there still value to be found in digital assets?
- Smart meters, street lighting and connectivity: New areas of digital examined
- Meeting the sustainability challenge: Addressing power consumption, energy efficiency & more
Moderator: Oliver Bradley, Managing Director, Macquarie Capital
Laurens-Jan Sipma
Senior Portfolio Manager, Infrastructure Private Equity, APG Asset Management
Read bioPresentation: Picking the right yield in Infrastructure
Abhishek Gupta
Associate Director at the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute and the Head of infraMetrics® Product Development, EDHECinfra
Read bioClosing comments from the chair
Networking drinks reception; Realport’s private dinner (invite only)
Agenda
Investor Forum 2022 - Wednesday 14th
Registration
Invitation-only institutional investor breakfast session
Welcome from the chair
Keynote: Outlining a global investor’s approach to infrastructure today
- Creating and developing the infrastructure programme
- Lessons learned from the pandemic- diversification, key sector performance & new opportunities
- Looking forward- portfolio management, investment strategy & sustainable growth
Identifying investment opportunities in real asset debt
- Why investors should investigate infrastructure debt or other real asset financing to protect their portfolios
- Will debt overtake equity as the core infrastructure class of the future?
- How investors are navigating the increase in risk in infrastructure debt investment
Moderator: Alexander Bebov, Founder, BAC
Coffee & networking
Infrastructure debt fundraising – under the magnifying glass
- How infrastructure debt has fared compared to other asset classes through the pandemic
- The types of vehicles proving most appealing and crisis-resilient
- Growth of UK infrastructure debt investment in comparison to other regions
Moderator: Matias Sottile, Infrastructure Debt – RiverRock Asset Management, RiverRock European Capital
Assessing the opportunity set in emerging & frontier infrastructure
- How are emerging market faring in the current macro environment?
- Mitigating the perception of risk in emerging markets
- Inflation, commodity prices and the impact on the growth market landscape
Moderator:
Gergely Horvath, Investment Officer / Infrastructure & Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank
Gergely Horvath
Investment Officer / Infrastructure & Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank
Read bioNetworking lunch
Themed roundtables: Attendees choose their preferred topic
Infrastructure Finance
- Is infrastructure debt the best route to get exposure in infrastructure as an asset class?
- How infrastructure debt is performing compared to other real asset finance strategies
Moderator: Michela Bariletti, Chief Credit Officer, Phoenix Group
Infrastructure Equity
- Improving the supply of social & economic infrastructure
- How inflation has affected sub-sector such as energy, food supply, etc
Moderator: Richard Knight, Managing Director, Asset Management, Equitix
ESG/Sustainability
- A geopolitical focus on impact investment
- The rise of the ‘S’ in ESG
Moderator: Robert-Jan Bakker, Member of Management, Private Infrastructure Partners Group
Energy Transition
- Hybrid batteries and charging stations – infrastructure investment or just PE?
- What can be done to help existing companies enter into the zero-carbon world
Moderator: James Hewitt, Vice President, Investor Relations, NextEnergy Capital
Chair's summary
Close of conference
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Please note annual agenda is subject to change
Pre-Event Resources
Gabriel de Lastours
Regional Head, Energy MENA - European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD)
Abhishek Gupta
Associate Director at the EDHEC Infrastructure Institute and the Head of infraMetrics® Product Development, EDHECinfra
Gergely Horvath
Investment Officer / Infrastructure & Climate Action Funds, European Investment Bank
Takako Koizumi
Executive Director, Head of Investment Management Department, Mitsui & Co. Alternative Investments
Danae Kyriakopoulou
Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics
Yuriko Watanabe
Director, Infrastructure Investment/Private Equity Investment Department, Japan Post Bank
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The Investor Forum was held at the The Carlton Tower Jumeirah, a luxury hotel in the heart of Knightsbridge, London.
Institutional and private investors at the Investor Forum
The Infrastructure Investor: Investor Forum 2024 provides an unrivalled platform for institutional and private investors and allocators investing in infrastructure to gather.
Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.
Apply for a pass and a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your eligibility.
Key themes
- How have recent mergers and acquisitions changed the private infrastructure investment landscape?
- Pushing the boundaries – where next for the ever-accelerating energy transition?
- The rise and rise of infrastructure secondaries
- Investor appetite returns – bouncing back strongly from a tentative 2023
- AI, connectivity and technological innovation in an increasingly digitalised world
- Investor perspectives on deglobalisation, geopolitics and macroeconomic events shaping the infrastructure universe
What to expect at the Forum
Network with your peers
Enrich your network, build lasting relationships, and exchange valuable perspectives with your investor peers through investor-only breakfasts, networking breaks, lunches and much more.
Gain expert insights
Hear from our industry-leading speaker line-up, discover the latest trends and stay aligned with future innovations in the market.
Explore opportunities
Discover remarkable investment opportunities in sectors including emerging markets, the energy transition, infrastructure debt and more.
Meet with the best and brightest funds
Connect and arrange one-to-one meetings with infrastructure’s biggest fund and asset managers in the market.
Apply for your complimentary pass
A limited number of complimentary passes are available for eligible allocators and institutional investors to join the event.
Complimentary investor passes are limited to foundations, endowments, trusts, insurance companies, single family offices, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds who are actively making fund commitments and do not engage in third-party fundraising activities or collect fees for advisory/consulting services.
Apply today and a member of our team will follow up to secure your pass.
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